Agra vs Bhopal
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Agra and Bhopal.
Live AQI from Open-Meteo CAMS (~45 km global model, updated hourly). Multi-year history from CPCB station data via aqinow.co pipeline (2016–2024, station-level daily records).
AQI Comparison
CPCB Multi-Year History (2016–2024)
Summary
Overview
In 2024, Agra averaged an AQI of 79 while Bhopal averaged 114 — a 35-point (44%) gap, with Bhopal the more polluted and Agra the cleaner of the two. On 1478 days when both cities reported, Bhopal was cleaner on 899 of them; the average daily gap was 61 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Agra peaks in January, while Bhopal peaks in November. Agra logged 3.3% Severe days and 34.9% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Bhopal was 0% Severe and 38.4% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Agra 46 days, Bhopal 47 days.
Year-over-year progress
Agra has improved by 134 AQI points (62.9%) from 2016 to 2024; Bhopal has improved by 39 AQI points (25.5%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Agra reached AQI 500 at Sanjay Palace (UPPCB) on 2017-06-03; Bhopal hit AQI 392 at T T Nagar (MPPCB) on 2022-01-06.
Station-level disparity
Agra spans 6 CPCB stations with a 83-point spread (min 79, max 162); Bhopal spans 3 stations with a 18-point spread (min 111, max 129).